90년대 브릿팝을 대표하는 MANIC STREET PREACHERS "매닉 스트릿 프리쳐스, 이하 매닉스"가 3년만에 8번째 스튜디오 앨범으로 돌아왔다. 과거로의 회귀를 선언한 만큼, 이번 앨범은 그들의 수작으로 손꼽히는 1집[GENERATION TERRORISTS]과 4집[EVERYTHING MUST GO]의 절묘한 조합을 이루어 내었다. 카디건스의 프론트 우먼 니나페르손과 함께하며 화제를 모으고 있는 첫 싱글 『YOUR LOVE ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH』는 2007년 판 『LITTLE BABY NOTHING』로, 니나 특유의 음색이 빛을 발하고 있으며, 우정과 자존감을 노래한 『INDIAN SUMMER』는 "매닉스"의 대표곡 『A DESIGN FOR LIFE』의 왈츠 리듬과 파격적인 현악 세션을 그대로 가져온 것으로, 이 분위기는 다음 곡 『THE SECOND GREAT DEPRESSION』으로 고스란히 이어지며 4집 앨범의 서정성을 극적으로 복원시키고 있다. 듣는 순간 건스 앤 로지스"GUNS N' ROSES"의 'SWEET CHILD O' MINE'이 떠오르는 『AUTUMN SONG』은 데뷔작의 『MOTORCYCLE EMPTINESS』을 함께 추억하게 한다. 또한, 1집의 『DAMN DOG』에 빗대어 볼 수 있는 『UNDERDOGS』 도 "매닉스"의 옛 냄새 나는 곡에 들어갈 수 있다. 그 밖에도 비틀즈"THE BEATLES"식 코러스를 도입해 '가장 슬픈 계절'을 노래한 『WINTERLOVERS』, 그리고 히든 트랙인 『WORKING CLASS HERO』등을 통해 이 앨범은 브릿팝의 예술성을, 자존심을, 정체성을 다시 한 번 세계만방에 과시할 ‘물건’이 될 것이다. .... ....
There's no hope in the colonies So catch yourself a lifeline Things have gone wrong too many times So catch yourself a slow boat to china
Fixing some holes from the tigers claws All your tears will be trembling Stick those teeth into my back Seasonal beasts keep them at bay
Can't something go right Little things change people's lives Hostile words won't fill your eyes Same noise left too destroy
Loathsome smile head full of forever's Will tomorrow bring some perfection The zoos been overrun in Baghdad Tiger's claws still in my back
Oh so send away the tigers Because we're lonely and we're desperate Oh so send away the tigers Because they're creeping up and dangerous
I've got problems I've got too many of them Throw away your yesterdays I did it all for you Blank horizons & hotels rooms Cheap Whiskey & god-awful truths Look at me I'm honest & I'm free I was born to underachieve
Oh so send away the tigers Because we're lonely and we're desperate Oh so send away the tigers Because they're creeping up and dangerous
This one`s for the freaks For you`re so beautiful For all the devotion Written in your soul
This one`s for the fraks For the lost and weak For the butterflies and devotees And the disciples of our destiny
And like the underdogs we are Shining bright but now disappeared And like the underdogs we are Passing like some fading stars Like some fading stars
This one`s for the freaks Beaten down and crushed
The shy and withdrawn Or just out of touch
May you stay like freaks May you make mistakes May your will never break Fof underdogs revenge is sweet, revenge is sweet
And like the underdogs we are Shining bright but now disppeared And like the underdogs we are Passing like some fading stars Like some fading stars This one`s for the freaks This one`s for the freaks
People like you, need to fuck To fuck people like me
This one`s for the freaks for the lost and weak This one`s for the freaks
Your love alone is not enough not enough not enough When times get tough oh they get tough they get tough they get tough Trade all your heroes in for ghosts in for ghosts in for ghosts They're always the ones who love you most love you most love you most Your love alone is not enough not enough not enough It's what you felt it's what you said what you said what you said You said the sky would fall on you fall on you fall on you Through all the pain your eyes stayed Blue they stayed Blue Baby Blue
But your love alone won't save the world You knew the secret of the universe Despite it all you made it worse It left you lonely it left you cursed You stole the sun straight from my heart from my heart from my heart With no excuses just fell apart fell apart fell apart No you won't make a mess of me mess of me mess of me For you're as blind as a man can be man can be man can be
I could have seen for miles and miles I could have made you feel alive I could have placed us in exile I could have written all your lies I could have shown you I could have shown you how to cry Your love alone is not enough Your love alone is not enough
The second great depression Lasted longer than I figured It stuck around and lingered Surrounded me and conquered
The second great depression Left me cold and withered In your eyes I see it mirrored I can't believe I let it happen
I thought about it a million times When you maintained nothing but smile Remember all those days I thought about it a million times When you maintained nothing but smile When forgiveness was the best Just forget about the rest
The second great depression I've tried so hard to shake it Collapse or come together What happened to forever?
The second great depression (The second great depression) Lasted longer than I figured (Lasted longer than I figured) It stuck around and lingered (It stuck around and lingered) Divided me and conquered
I thought about it a million times When you maintained nothing but smile Remember all those days I thought about it a million times When you maintained nothing but smile When forgiveness was the best Just forget about the rest
I thought about it a million times When you maintained nothing but smile Remember all those days I thought about it a million times When you maintained nothing but smile When forgiveness was the best Just forget about the rest
Rendition, rendition, blame it on the coalition All the emeralds that are missing, I wish we still had Jack Lemon Rendition, rendition I never knew the sky was a prison It's a long hard revolution, good God I feel like a liberal
[Chorus] For tomorrow I will beg, steal and borrow And at the moment I'm jumping at sorrow I wish I knew what I did wrong Can anybody hear the screaming of us? The screaming of us In the long hard revolution
Rendition, rendition, blame it on the coalition The CIA will stay invisible, good God I sound like a liberal Rendition, rendition I never knew the sky was a prison It's a long hard revolution, good God I feel like a liberal
Wear your eyes as dark as night Paint your face with what you like Wear your love like it is made of hate Born to destroy and born to create
Now baby, what've you done to your hair? Is it just the same time of year When you think that you don't really care? Now baby, what have you done? Done to your hair, done to your hair, done to your hair, done to your hair, hair!
So when you hear this autumn song Clear your heads and get ready to run So when you hear this autumn song Remember the best times are yet to come
Now baby, what've you done to your hair? Is it just the same time of year When you think that you don't really care? Now baby, what have you done to your hair?
Wear your eyes as dark as night Paint your face with what you like Wear your love like it is made of hate Born to destroy: born to create, born to create, born to create, born to create
So when you hear this autumn song Clear your heads and get ready to run So when you hear this autumn song Remember the best times are yet to come
And wear your hair in bunches And your jacket loose So when you hear this autumn song Clear your heads and get ready to run
So when you hear this autumn song Clear your heads and get ready to run So when you hear this autumn song Remember the best times are yet to come
As soon as your born they make you feel small, By giving you no time instead of it all, Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all, A working class hero is something to be, A working class hero is something to be. They hurt you at home and they hit you at school, They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool, Till you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules, A working class hero is something to be, A working class hero is something to be. When they've tortured and scared you for twenty odd years, Then they expect you to pick a career, When you can't really function you're so full of fear, A working class hero is something to be, A working class hero is something to be. Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV, And you think you're so clever and classless and free, But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see, A working class hero is something to be, A working class hero is something to be. There's room at the top they are telling you still, But first you must learn how to smile as you kill, If you want to be like the folks on the hill, A working class hero is something to be. A working class hero is something to be. If you want to be a hero well just follow me, If you want to be a hero well just follow me.